# Murder case filed after boy’s high-rise fall in Greater Noida 2026-10-30T06:17:44+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets A murder case has been registered after a 12-year-old boy died falling from a Greater Noida high-rise on 24 October, with his father alleging he was strangled and assaulted before being thrown. The father, Tarun Kumar Dhaka, filed a complaint citing discrepancies in the autopsy report, including omitted injuries like fingernail scratches and marks around the neck. Police are examining CCTV footage and the autopsy, with a senior officer saying further action depends on the investigation's findings. In a separate incident on 30 October, a 40-year-old man, Randeep Patra, and his 11-year-old son, Aarav, died after falling from the 23rd-floor balcony of Mahagun Mywoods Society. The man's wife told police they had gone to pluck flowers for a planned trip to Khatu Shyam temple when they slipped from a ladder. Police said no suspicious circumstances have been found, and the bodies have been sent for post-mortem. Update, 30 October 2026: Hindustan Times now also reports the 30 October father-son fall, quoting the local police station in-charge who said the man's wife told investigators they were plucking flowers for a temple trip. The outlet adds that the police found no suspicious circumstances and that Randeep Patra was a section officer at the Secretariat in New Delhi. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The two stories in the new sources are separate incidents. The Times of India report on the 12-year-old's death in Greater Noida on 24 October is framed around the father's murder allegations and the registered FIR, leading with the claim of foul play. Hindustan Times and Times Now, covering the 30 October father-son fall, lead with the plucking-flowers narrative and quote police saying no suspicious circumstances were found. Where Times Now reports the fall as an accident, Hindustan Times explicitly states the police found no suspicious circumstances. The Times of India story, based on a formal complaint, foregrounds alleged injuries and a murder case, while the other two outlets present a straightforward accident. The key difference is the nature of each incident: one is a suspected crime under investigation, the other is treated as a tragic accident. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Leads with father's murder allegations and FIR - timesnownews.com (neutral report) Presents accidental fall with police accident theory - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Reports accident with police saying no suspicious circumstances This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Update, 30 October 2026: further reports on this story from orissapost.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com, indianexpress.com, yespunjab.com. Last updated 2026-10-30T09:18:50+00:00. Tags: Greater Noida, Ranvijay Dhaka, Tarun Kumar Dhaka Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/two-separate-fatal-falls-in-greater-noida-trigger-police-probes/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/two-separate-fatal-falls-in-greater-noida-trigger-police-probes/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/